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Concussion is the most common and mildest type of traumatic brain injury, but it should never be taken lightly. Any concussion, however slight, temporarily disturbs vital brain activity and can cause a range of physical, mental and emotional symptoms that vary in number and severity from case to case.

Channels: Aging, All Journal News, Children's Health, Neuro, Patient Safety, Seniors, Trauma,

Keywords: Concussion, Traumatic Brain Injury

Osteoarthritis can produce joint pain and stiffness sufficient to limit and even prohibit the performance of everyday tasks. It becomes more common with age, once it starts it typically gets worse and there’s no known cure. But there are therapies that can relieve pain and maintain joint function.

Channels: Arthritis, Bone Health,

Keywords: Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Joint Stiffness

If you let the sun burn your skin you’ll pay a price right away, with painful redness, peeling and possible blistering. But sunburn can also generate long-term problems, such as premature aging of the skin and skin cancer.

Channels: Cancer, Dermatology,

Keywords: Sunburn, Skin Cancer, Melanoma, Sunscreen, Ultraviolet Radiation, Sun Exposure

You just have to be smart about what you grill and how you grill it, and be willing to broaden your view of what qualifies as proper cookout fare.

Channels: Food Science, Health Food, Nutrition,

Keywords: Cookouts, Grilling, Healthy Diet, Charcoal Grill, Gas Grill, Balanced Diet

Roughly four out of five people won’t ever experience memory issues more serious than the “senior moments” of normal aging.

Channels: Alzheimer's and Dementia, Neuro,

Keywords: Cognition, Memory Loss, Aging, Cognitive Decline, Alzheimer's, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia

Hospital medicine is a relatively new discipline – the term for those who practice it, hospitalists, dates only to 1996 – but it is one of the fastest growing fields in medicine today because of dramatic ways health care has changed over the past two decades.

Channels: (Hidden) English, Healthcare,

Keywords: Hospital Medicine, Hospitalists, Hospital Inpatient Care, hospital length of stay

There’s currently no good way to tell when – or even if – congenital heart defects will become apparent. Even defects that are identified and treated in childhood can resurface and cause problems in adulthood.

Channels: Cardiovascular Health, Heart Disease,

Keywords: Congenital Heart Defects, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology

“Addiction is something we’re all going to encounter no matter what kind of medicine we end up practicing,” said Shane Stone, a fourth-year student at Wake Forest School of Medicine who led the effort to establish a student interest group in addiction medicine at the school.

Channels: Addiction, Local - North Carolina,

Keywords: Addiction Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Students, Student Interest Group, addiction treatment, Addiction

The often-misunderstood specialty employs low doses of radioactive materials and advanced imaging technologies to diagnose and treat a variety of diseases.

Channels: Cancer, Pharmaceuticals, Local - North Carolina,

Keywords: Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Radiopharmaceutical, Pet Scans, Ct Scans, Hybrid imaging, theranostics

“The increase in diabetes in our society is almost certainly driven by the increase in obesity,” says Alain Bertoni, M.D., of Wake Forest School of Medicine. “But not everybody who has diabetes is obese and not everybody who is obese has diabetes. There are definitely other factors at work.”

Channels: Diabetes, Healthcare, Obesity, Public Health, Obesity Channel Featured Experts, Local - North Carolina,

Keywords: Obesity, Diabetes, Prediabetes, Public Health, Type 2 Diabetes